The Rider USA 2017 | 104 min | OV with german s.t. | Colour | FF 2017

Chloé Zhao

CHLOÉ ZHAO was born in China and studied film at New York University. In 2015, her directorial debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me was shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG. The Rider won the Art Cinema Award at Cannes (Directors‘ Fortnight).

After a rodeo accident, Brady has to get used to having a metal plate in his head. What is far worse for the cowboy is the fact that he can never ride again. Brady's world crumbles. Not only is his career as a rodeo rider at an end – up until now, his entire working life has revolved around horses. Torn between his old and his future lives, Brady has to reinvent himself – and find out what it means to be a man in the American heartland of today. With breath-taking pictures of the prairies of South Dakota, The Rider finds a wonderful balance between tender lyricism, archaic myths and the raw reality of life in the Mid-West.